A trial resumed today into the death of a man who was allegedly murdered after he was "savagely" attacked and killed.

The body of Rolandas Poskus , 52, was found in vegetation off Dane Park Road in the north Hull estate on the evening of June 15. He had suffered 27 fractures to his ribs, internal injuries to his brain, lungs and one of his kidneys, and gashes to his head and face.

Following the discovery of Mr Poskus’ body, the entire area was cordoned off by police , with detectives launching a murder enquiry.

Three people were eventually arrested and charged over the alleged murder of Mr Poskus.

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Mr Poskus' partner, Ms Milieskiene, then attempted to clean the pools of blood in the Arthur Street house. Investigating forensic officers still found large amounts of Mr Poskus' blood in the property, though.

Alongside that, Richard Wright, prosecuting, told the jury a pair of dark Nike trainers were discovered at Mr Bozys' home with traces of Mr Poskus' blood on the laces. Police also found a pair of glasses belonging to the victim in the bins behind Mr Bozys' Gordon Street home.

The trial continues today. Follow the latest from the courtroom in our live blog, which will load below.

Key points from today

A neighbour of Mr Poskus and Ms Milieskiene in Arthur Street said they heard the former giving his partner “terrible abuse” after moving into the house just days before the alleged murder

She said she and her husband were concerned for Janina’s welfare because of the volume of abuse, although they did not see him hit her

Janina worked in OHO, in Spring Bank West. Her manager said Rolandas would often be drunk and shout abuse at his partner, and her employee said he had hit her once

Hours after the alleged murder, Janina was back at work but was ‘making a lot of mistakes’

The day after the alleged murder, her son, Mr Pundzius was ‘agitated’ and asked the Arthur Street neighbour if the CCTV in his garden was working

15:50

Case adjourned for the day

The case has heard all the evidence for the day and has now been adjourned until tomorrow morning.

The key points from today will be coming up shortly.

15:16

Two men go into Gordon Street house

At 2.22am two men are seen going into an address in Gordon Street. Mr Wright has asked the jury to look at “the footwear going in and the footwear going out”, focusing “on the man in the dark clothing”.

15:10

Two cars seen on CCTV

A Saab is seen going into a car park with the BMW, but only the BMW leaves. There is a 29-second call between Mr Pundzius and Mr Bozys, suggesting they are not in the same vehicle, Mr Wright said.

The trial heard yesterday that Mr Poskus’ car was a Saab, and Mr Punzius owned a BMW.

15:01

Calls in early hours between defendants

The scene in Dane Park Road

The jury has been shown footage of a black car overshooting the turning into Dane Park Road in Orchard Park, before reversing and turning left down it.

Mr Poskus’s body was discovered on land off Dane Park Road, but there were no cameras covering the area where the body was found, the court was told.

Phone records show Janina Miliskiene trying to call her son Mantas Pundzius at 1:58:06am, but it goes to voicemail.

She tries again before it is answered at 2.11am, when there is a call lasting 15 seconds.

14:50

Jury being shown CCTV

The jury is being shown CCTV of a light coming on in the bedroom of Mr Poskus in the early hours of the morning.

Richard Wright, prosecuting, has just read a statement from a neighbour living at 1 Arthur Street, who said they were woken at 1.45am by an “almighty crash”.

They said: “I was so frightened I thought someone was in my house. I was shaking. The noises were coming from next door at number three.’

14:28

Trial back underway

Investigating officer Brian Coates is now giving evidence. He was respondible for mobile phone and CCTV evidence.

13:17

Court adjourned for lunch

The court has now adjourned until 2.15pm.

12:59

Mr Pundzius worked at Clough Road car wash

Clough Road

Mantas Pundzius worked at a car wash in Clough Road, the mother of his son said in a written statement.

They met in Lithuania, she said. He stayed in Hull while she was back to Lithuania, and he told her he did not want to be with her any more and he had “met another girl”.

She said they were no longer friends and the only contact they had was about their son.

12:58

Rolandas often turned up 'smelling of alcohol and shouting'

Rolandas often came to the shop smelling of alcohol and shouting at her, the manager said.

Janina smiled at him and told him everything was OK.

Asked by Stephen Robinson, for Janina Milieskiene, if she thought she was trying to “placate” Rolandas, she said: “Yes. She was a very polite person.”

The manager said on June 12 or 13 she noticed a blue-yellow “mark” on the right said of Janina’s cheek, but she said “it’s nothing, it’s normal”.

12:54

Janina 'making mistakes' after going to work on day of partner's death

OHO

The manageress of OHO, where Janina worked, said she came to work as normal on June 12 at 10am - the day before Mr Poskus’ alleged murder.

The next day she said Janina was waiting for her outside when she arrived at 9.50am. She said that day Janina was “making a lot of mistakes”, like putting the wrong dates on food, and she had to speak to her about it.

Richard Wright QC, prosecuting, asked her: “On the 16th of June [the day after his body was found], police came to the shop and asked you to explain to Janina that Rolandas was dead, is that right?”

“Yes, to pass the death message,” she replied.

12:35

'Rolandas often smelled of alcohol'

OHO in Spring Bank

The manageress of Oho European food store, where Janina Milieskiene worked as a shop assistant, said her partner, Rolandas Poskus, “often smelled of alcohol”.

She said she asked Janina if everything was fine in the relationship, and was told it was.

But she said in response to a direct question from her, Janina revealed Rolandas had hit her “once”. She said Janina told her Rolandas was once so drunk she had to climb into their home through the window.

11:53KEY EVENT

Alleged murderer asked if neighbour's CCTV was working

The neighbour also had a CCTV camera in the back garden. He told the jury on June 14, Mantas Pundzius, Janina’s son, asked him about the camera.

“Who brought it up?” asked prosecutor Richard Wright QC.

“He brought it up,” the neignbour said. “He looked really agitated. Then he asked about the CCTV - ‘Is it working, what does it see’? he said.”

Mr Pundzius and Mr Bozys were seen going into Mr Poskus’ home in the early hours of June 13, with his body found two days later.

11:42

Shouts heard in days before Mr Poskus was killed

The neighbour, who works shifts, said on Tuesday, June 12, three days before Mr Poskus was found dead, he was woken at 10am by “the sound of two voices downstairs, and somebody was constructing furniture. TV was very loud”.

11:36

'Rolandas is not hurting - just shouting'

The neighbour’s husband is now giving evidence. He said following trouble with previous neighbours - which resulted in them being evicted - he had two CCTV cameras installed at the front of his house.

The man said he asked Janina if Rolandas ever hurt her, and she said “he’s not hurting, just shouting”.

11:35

Neighbour heard abuse but 'never saw victim lay hands on his partner'

Mr Green, barrister for defendant Mr Pundzius, asked Mr Poskus’ neighbour in Arthur Street: “When you eventually met Rolandas in the flesh and you were able to put a face to the voice, he was sober and pleasant to you?”

“He was,” the neighbour said.

Mr Green said: “But a short time later, back behind closed doors in 3 Arthur Street, he was at it again, shouting at Janina, similar to before, as to how she had’t cleaned properly?”

“That’s correct,” the neighbour said.

She confirmed to Stephen Robinson, for Janina Milieskiene, she had never seen Rolandas “lay his hands on Janina”.

William Harbage QC, for Stanislovas Bozys, had no questions for the witness. Judge Paul Watson QC asked the neighbour to look at photographs of Arthur Street in the jury bundle, and confirm where she lived, which she did.

11:21

'We were really concerned for victim's partner before death'

The neighbour of Mr Poskus and Ms Milieskiene is still giving evidence.

“Me and my husband were really concerned for [Janina],” the neighbour said.

She said she heard the couple arguing on June 12, when Janina said: “You can’t go. You’re drunk.” She said the following day the house was “pretty quiet”. Mr Wright has now finished his questioning of the witness. Samuel Green QC, for Mantas Pundzius, is now taking the neighbour through her police statement.

Rolandas heard telling Janina 'I'll kill you'

Asked to describe the state of the man, who she knew as Janina’s partner, Rolandas, she said: “I’m pretty sure he drunk.”

11:15

'Male was heard abusing Janina'

Police cordon in Arthur Street in June

A Lithuanian neighbour living next door to 3 Arthur Street said a Lithuanian woman called Janina moved in on June 10, five days before Rolandas was found dead, and she first noticed her when she was playing Russian music in the garden.

She said some time after Janina moved in she heard a “really loud” male voice using “terrible abuse” towards her.

“He was telling really bad things to her,” she said.

Asked by Richard Wright QC, prosecuting, what she heard, the neighbour said: “He was swearing at her in Russian. Really bad swearing. In Lithuanian we don’t have swear words so we have to use Russian.

“It was the worst words you can speak to a woman. You want me to say the actual words?” Mr Wright said he did.

The woman said: “You’re a b****, you’re a w****, you’re lazy.”

10:47

The case has now been called back on

10:21

Trial to resume this morning

The trial is to resume this morning at about 11am.

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15:25

Discussing the defendant’s separate accounts on the night they are alleged to have murdered Mr Poskus, which he has described as “dishonest”, Mr Wright told the court: “If this is the accounts that the defendants gave in their interviews we anticipate that they will be different to what they will tell you in this trial.”

'Victim's partner was also dishonest to police'

“Janina advanced an account that was as dishonest,” he told the court.

“She told officers she had an argument with Rolandas Poskus, during which he struck a blow to her face and, about 10pm, Rolandas left the house saying he was not coming back.”

Mr Wright has previously said Janina was responsible for cleaning the house of the pools of blood following the fatal attack on her partner.

15:21

'Defendant is lying about staying at home', say prosecution

The other man charged with murder, Mr Bozys, prepared a written statement for police stating that he had barely left his home during the time Mr Poskus was killed as he was cleaning and babysitting his partner’s child.

But prosecuting, Richard Wright told the jury: “We say this is false as we have seen evidence that he left his house in the early hours of June 13.”

The jury were earlier shown CCTV footage of Mr Pundzius picking Mr Bozys up from his house in Gordon Street and leaving together, before returning some hours later.

15:18KEY EVENT

Defendant: 'Mystery Russians were the murderers'

Mr Pundzius told police that when he went to Arthur Street that night, he went into the room where the victim, Rolandas, was sleeping and found him drunk and unresponsive so left him be.

He says when he went downstairs he noticed his mother was speaking to two Russian men, who mysteriously appeared out of nowhere.

They told him they were going to take Rolandas’ car. He says he spoke to the Russian men before leaving Arthur Street at 4am.

Mr Pundzius’ position was that the mysterious Russians had taken Rolandas and he had nothing to do with it

15:14

Defendants arrested in days after the alleged murder

The three defendants were arrested on June 17.

15:00

Alleged murderers tried to get rid of car

The two men are said to have driven Mr Poskus’ body to Orchard Park in his own car, before then returning to Gordon Street.

Mr Wright has told the jury Mr Pundzius tried to dispose of the car afterwards, with the intention of making it look like Rolandas had tried to leave in the middle of the night.

Mr Pundzius had search terms in Google for ‘scrap car dealers Hull’.

14:43

Shoes pair left in the house were stained with victims blood

Richard Wright, prosecuting the case, has told the jury the two alleged murderers left a number of items in Mr Bozys’ house.

“His mistake was not disposing the shoes as the police discovered them when they searched his home,” Mr Wright said.

“They were stained with blood on the laces and sent for examination. It was the blood of Rolandas.”

14:41

Items dumped at Mr Bozys' house

Police in Gordon Street inJune

A number of items were found dumped at Mr Bozys’ house in Gordon Street, including his pair of shoes.

A wallet was found in the bins on the back the street that belonged to Rolandas, as well as a pair of glasses.

Mr Bozys then bought a new pair of Under Armour shoes from Sports Direct and put the Nike trainers inside the Under aArmour box.

14:34

CCTV now being played to the court

More CCTV footage is now being played to the court after the two men had driven Rolandas’ car, a Saab, to Dane Park Road.

After allegedly dumping the body, the two men drove to Mr Bozys house in Gordon Street, where he changed his shoes.